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Beautiful Buttermilk Biscuits by @DonnaFaz #Foodie #Recipes

Few people would use a word like 'beautiful' to describe these
easy homemade biscuits, but that's just the way I roll. (Pun intended!) You
see, I have an on-going love affair with food so it's easy for me to see any type of bread as beautiful (as well as delicious)!

Today, I'm sharing
my Buttermilk Biscuit recipe. Mmmmmmm!

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose
flour

4 teaspoons baking
powder

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons
butter, chilled and cut into small pieces

2 tablespoons
shortening

1 cup cold
buttermilk

Preheat oven to
450 degrees F. (Preheating the oven is important.)

Measure out the
flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Work in the butter and shortening
until you've got a crumb-like consistency. (I use my fingers, and I work fast
so the butter and shortening won't melt.) Add the buttermilk and stir just
until the dry ingredients are moistened. Dough will be sticky.

Turn dough out
onto a floured surface and fold it a few times. Pat into an oval that's about
an inch thick. I use a drinking glass to cut the biscuits into rounds. Gently
reform the 'scraps' and cut into rounds. Place the dough rounds on a cookie
sheet. If you like soft-sided biscuits, let the rounds touch. If you like
crisper sides, give each biscuit some room on the sheet. Bake for 15-20 until
they're tall and golden brown.

Alton
Brownhas a similar recipe,
but suggests using a little less salt. Even with all those cookbooks and cooking
shows under his belt, what doesheknow?

And for those who
feel biscuit-challenged, here's a neat video from theJoy of Bakingwebsite.
(Please note, I never add sugar to my biscuits.)

If you're looking
for fast and easy, theBetty
Crockerwebsite has a recipe
usingBisquick,
that very well-known all purpose baking mix. I've added chopped herbs and a 1/2
cups of cheddar cheese to this recipe to make dumplings for chicken stew.
Everyone knows a dumpling is simply a steamed biscuit!

Whether they're
slathered with butter, honey, or jam - or steamed on top of a pot of thick,
luscious chicken stew - there's nothing quite as delectable as a fluffy
biscuit!

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Buttermilk Biscuit recipe, or any of the recipes I've linked to, please use the
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